Here are a selection of photographs of the Durham and Holy Island 2006 pilgrimage

 

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Durham Cathedral	Bishop Kallistos returning to St Chad's	pilgrims at Bishop's Auckland	Canadian pilgrim
holy huddle?	pilgrims from the USA	ancient Saxon church at Escomb	Bishop Kallistos leading prayers
Holy table and ancient northumbrian cross	Pilgrim hieromonk from St Catherine's in Sinai	side of Escomb church	Escomb cemetary
1720 tombstone - memory eternal	ancient sundial at Escomb	Escomb church - one of the oldest in England	Divine Liturgy at St Paul's Wearmouth - church of the Venerable St Bede
Father John serving the Divine Liturgy	Cast of dedication stone from 23 April 685 AD	Translation of dedication stone	pilgrims in Bede's church
modern Northumbrian cross near the site of Bede's monastery at Wearmouth - now a highly industrialised area	Bede's world: recreation of the monastic site at Wearmouth	Lindisfarne Abbey	Lindisfarne Abbey walls
Lindisfarne Castle	pilgrim from Texas	Russian pilgrim	German pilgrim
Bishop Kallistos in the Abbey	pilgrim nun from Russia	the rainbow arch	pilgrims in the abbey
Abbey from the castle side	boat sheds like this are common	Lindisfarne castle	view from the castle
village view	sticks in the sand	the castle from the shoreside	Poppies on Lindisfarne
Northumbrian sunset	Lobster pots on Lindisfarne	Boat 'sheds' - a feature of Holy Island	Lindisfarne parish church where the Divine Liturgy was served
The causeway - after the tide has come in!	The mediaeval Abbey remains now in the careof English Heritage	Lindisfarne Castle - in the care of the National Trust	Twilight on Holy Island
Inside the parish Church	Lindisfarne Harbour	Holy Island	The parish church
Bishop Kallistos on the boat to Inner Farne	pilgrims from England	on the way to Farne island	on the way to Farne island
Arriving on Inner Farne	St Cuthbert's chapel on Inner Farne	Farne island	The island is now maintained by the National Trust as a bird sanctuary
The cliffs at the south end of the island	Scottish pilgrim	Church on Farne on the site of St Cuthbert's cell	Receiving the antidoron after the Liturgy
Bishop Kallistos on Farne	From Texas to Holy Island...	From North Carolina to Inner Farne...	Walkway on Inner Farne
The way to St Cuthbert's cave	The walk to the cave	Approaching the Cave	St Cuthbert's Cave
Entrance to St Cuthbert's Cave	St Cutbert's Cave	Inside the cave looking out	Prayers in the Cave
The cross above St Cuthbert's cave	Orthodox cows	Divine Liturgy in the parish church on Holy Island	Farne Island - where St Cuthbert lived as a hermit
Approaching Farne Island	Cross and chapel on St Cuthbert's Isle looking towards Holy Island